Tunisian President dissolves Parliament

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews1 April 20221 April 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tunisian President Kais Saied announced the dissolution of the Assembly of People’s Representatives or Parliament…reports Asian Lite News The announcement was made by Saied in a speech broadcast on state…

UNSC endorses reconfiguration of AU mission in Somalia

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews1 April 20221 April 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to endorse the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council’s decision to reconfigure the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia into the African…

Sheikh Mohammed meets with Presidents of South Africa, Liberia at Expo 2020

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsEXPO 202029 March 202229 March 2022

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, met with Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa, and George Weah, President of Liberia at Expo…

UN envoy warns of Sudan’s security collapse

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews29 March 202229 March 2022

Reading Time: 2 minutes The top UN envoy for Sudan warned that the country may risk sliding into an economic and security collapse and a worse humanitarian crisis…reports Asian Lite News “The stakes are…

Houthi ready to swap 823 Saudi prisoners with Saudi-led coalition forces

by NewsdeskArab NewsNewsSaudi Arabia28 March 202228 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Yemen’s Houthi militia has announced that they are ready to swap 823 prisoners of the Saudi-led coalition forces for 1,400 Houthi militants…reports Asian Lite News The prisoner exchange agreement was…

Sudan official calls on Sudanese parties for talks to achieve stability

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews28 March 202228 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute A senior security official from South Sudan has called for talks between Sudan’s political parties and national forces in order to reach a consensus for the country’s stability…reports Asian Lite…

Nigeria’s ruling APC party picks new leader ahead of 2023 elections

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews28 March 202228 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party has picked Abdullahi Adamu, a serving Senator from the north-central state of Nassarawa, as the new Chairman ahead of the 2023 general elections…reports…

African countries report 2,846 new Covid cases

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsCOVID-1927 March 202227 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute The African continent reported 2,846 new Covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said…reports Asian Lite News Figures from…

African swine fever reappears Mizoram

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews24 March 202224 March 2022

Reading Time: < 1 minute The highly contagious African Swine Fever (ASF), which created havoc last year in Mizoram killing over 33,000 pigs, has reappeared in a few districts of the bordering state, officials said…reports…

UN predicts another crisis in NE Africa

by NewsdeskAfrica NewsArab NewsNews24 March 202224 March 2022

Reading Time: 3 minutes The northeast Africa, especially Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, is facing a severe climate emergency  The northeast Africa drought threatens to be one of the worst climate-induced emergencies in the area…